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May 18, 2010 · May 18, 2010. Ian Curtis of Joy Division. Rob Verhorst/Redferns. Thirty years ago today, the music world lost one of its most unique and powerful young voices when Ian Curtis, lead singer...
May 21, 2022 · London CNN — It has been 42 years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the legendary post-punk rock band Joy Division, took his own life. After battling epilepsy and depression, Curtis died on...
Jul 15, 2021 · 15 July 2021. When Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis took his own life, he posthumously gained the iconic status attributed to most rock’n’roll stars who die prematurely. Yet, in so many ways, he didn’t fit the profile. He was certainly an integral part of an acclaimed, future-shaping band whose star was in the ascendant but, unlike Jimi ...
May 18, 2020 · On the morning of May 18, 1980 — well before daybreak — Ian Curtis died by suicide, one day before the groundbreaking band he fronted — English post-punk pioneers Joy Division—was scheduled to...
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the singer of the post-punk band Joy Division. He was born in Stretford , Lancashire and grew up in Macclesfield , Cheshire . He suffered with epilepsy [2] and committed suicide by hanging in Macclesfield in May 1980, aged 23, after the illness became severe.
Mar 24, 2019 · Ian Curtis and Deborah Woodruff on their wedding day, 23 August 1975. Photograph: Ian Curtis Collection/Avalon Photoshot. Bernard Sumner: I knew why he’d done it. Or I could put my own reason on ...
May 11, 2018 · May 18, 2018. History Spotlight: Today in 1980, Joy Division singer and guitarist Ian Curtis died at home in Macclesfield, England, at the age of 23. Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style, and songwriting.
